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Raids on 3 hosiery units
Rs 1 cr ST evasion found
Ludhiana, January 4
Continuing its crackdown against evasion of sales tax, the Excise and Taxation Department conducted raids on three hosiery manufacturing and trading units in Chhawni Mohalla here today which led to the detection of unaccounted transactions worth over Rs 1 crore.

Government acts tough on NOCs to colleges
Ludhiana, January 4
Contrary to last year, this time the government seems to have acted tough while issuing no-objection certificates to new colleges in the state. According to sources, almost 60 new B.Ed and physical education colleges had applied for the same but only 22 got clearance till January 2.

Watchman beaten up for stealing garments
Ludhiana, January 4
The Salim Tabri police has initiated investigations into a theft in a local factory, whose owner allegedly ‘‘took law into his hands’’ and beat up the watchman badly after the latter was allegedly found stealing some garments.

Man kills wife over property
Ludhiana, January 4
Greed for property allegedly led a man to murder his wife with a sickle in Dhandra village this afternoon. The accused, Gurcharan Singh, an alleged drug addict, killed his wife, Rajbir Kaur, in their house. He targeted her face which had about five deep wounds.

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Gurdwara Model Town Extension illuminated on the eve of Gurpurb in Ludhiana on Wednesday.

Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib decked up on the eve of Gurpurb in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photos by Inderjit Verma

COMMUNITY

balancing act: A man steals a nap while perched on a scooter in Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

DMCH takes up project for drug-free society
Ludhiana, January 4
Substance abuse is emerging as one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in Punjab. In this connection, the Department of Psychiatry, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, has taken upon itself to provide state-of-the-art services towards making Punjab drug-free.

Violence hurdle to progress: Sadhavi
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 4
Persistent practice will bring the desired results towards generating universal fraternity, maintains Sadhavi Yashodhara, a disciple of Acharya Mahapragya, who will visit the state as part of ahimsa yatra.

Miss World Panjaban honoured in Australia Ludhiana, January 4 Miss World Panjaban Kirandeep Jakhar, runner-up Ravneet Kaur and founder chairman of Miss World Panjaban were honoured by the Australian government at Queensland recently. Mrs Ludhiana contest held               Ludhiana, January 4 More than 20 contestants participated in Mrs Ludhiana 2005 contest held at Lakhshmi Ladies Club today. It was an inter-club contest in which two participants from each club participated. Participants sashay down the ramp at Mrs Ludhiana 2005 contest on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

MC staff celebrate New Year Ludhiana, January 4 The Municipal Karamchari Dal organised a function at the Municipal Corporation office to celebrate the New Year here today. SGPC president Avtar Singh being honoured at a Municipal Karamchari Dal function in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by IV

Programme to focus on women’s issues
Jagraon, January 4
The International Council of Ayurved will organise a five-day awareness programme for women at Roomi village from tomorrow.

CRIME

2 held for gambling
Jagraon, January 4
Two persons have been held for cheating and gambling by the Sidhwanbet police in separate incidents. It arrested Vicky Anand of Mohalla Berian, Jagraon, and Gurmit Singh of Akhara and seized from their possession Rs 5,420 and Rs 2,220, respectively.

BUSINESS

Seminar on corporate governance
Ludhiana, January 4
The Ludhiana Management Association would conduct a seminar on “corporate governance in emerging business environment” here on January 6. Mr P.C. Gupta, Minister for Company Affairs, would be the keynote speaker.

CITU to chalk out protest plan
Ludhiana, January 4
Taking exception to the alleged “violation” of workers’ rights by the industry, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions would hold a state-level meeting on January 10 here to chalk out a plan of action for protest.

AGRICULTURE

Farmers seek legislative support for farm operations
Ludhiana, January 4
Progressive farmers of Moga district have demanded legislative measures to make contract farming a success and argued that this step will benefit both producers as well as purchasers.

Scientists apprised of farm advances
Ludhiana, January 4
Scientists and extension specialists from all over the country were told about recent advances in the vegetable production technology during a 10-day course, which concluded at Punjab Agricultural University here today.

EDUCATION

Fleecing by schools: DC urged to intervene
Ludhiana, January 4
Schools across the city seem to be working with profit as their sole motive. Expressing concern over the alleged “loot” by English medium schools, Dr Mewa Singh Sonar, former Director of Agriculture, Punjab, has written to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, urging him to look into the matter on a priority basis.

200 NSS volunteers take part in camps

Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 4 A 10-day NSS camp organised by over 100 volunteers from Shanti Tara College, Akbarpur Chhanna, concluded on the collage premises yesterday. The function was presided over by Amarjit Singh Bhatia, while Balraj Singh Jandali was the chief guest. NSS volunteers of Shanti Tara College, Ahmedgarh, present bhangra at the closing ceremony of a camp in Mandi Ahmedgarh. — A Tribune photograph

One-stop workshop for hi-tech tractors
Ludhiana, January 4
Taking public-private partnership a step forward, the PAU and New Holland Tractors have set up a hi-tech workshop to train agricultural engineering students, mechanics and technical staff in the repair and maintenance of tractors and farm machinery in the College of Agriculture Engineering.

Villagers to boycott school over transfers
Jagraon, January 4
The dispute pertaining to the primary school at Chakkar regarding the transfer of its head teacher Sardara Singh and teacher Sukhdev Singh has again taken centrestage as the promise made by the education officer to review the matter has not been fulfilled.

Experts for control on ayurvedic medicines
Ludhiana, January 4
While the ongoing controversy about certain ayurvedic formulations manufactured by Divya Yog Sansthan Pharmacy of Swami Ramdev has put a big question mark on the contents and quality of ayurvedic medicines, and the indigenous system as a whole, there is an emerging demand for bringing in stringent controls and regulations in the manufacture of ayurvedic medicines.

Rare distinction for city doc
Ludhiana, January 4
Dr Rajesh Arya, a consultant cardiac anaesthetist at Hero DMC Heart Institute here, has been offered a visiting professorship at Narayan Hridalaya, a renowned cardiac centre at Bangalore. Dr Arya had trained at the Bangalore institution as part of his fellowship programme in November, 2005.

75 units of blood collected
Ludhiana, January 4
A blood donation camp was organized by Baba Visakha Singh Sports Club at Kishanpura village in Moga in collaboration with the Department of Transfusion, DMCH, today.

Dental camp concludes
Ludhiana, January 4
A two-day dental camp concluded at DD Jain Memorial College for Women today. The camp was organised by the NSS unit under the guidance of Ms Lotika Gupta and Ms Seema Soni.

SPORTS

Sports-cum-cultural mela concludes
Amloh, January 4
The 24th rural sports-cum-cultural annual mela concluded at Bhadson village yesterday. It was organised by the Rural Sports Club, Bhadson, in association with the Punjab Police at government school, Bhadson. The chief guest on the occasion, B. K. Bhawra, DIG, Patiala Range, gave away the prizes to the winners.